Wellington-based visual effects company W\u0113t\u0101 FX has won an Emmy Award for its work on the final season of Netflix’s Stranger Things. <\/p>\n
The company took home the award at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles today, recognising the work of more than 450 crew across its Wellington and Vancouver hubs. <\/p>\n
Senior visual effects supervisor Martin Hill accepted the award of behalf of the team. <\/p>\n
“I’m delighted for all our immensely talented W\u0113t\u0101 FX Stranger Things team to be awarded this honour by the Television Academy,” he said. <\/p>\n
“This epic final season was created by a dedicated team of amazing artists and I\u2019m proud of every single person that contributed to it.<\/p>\n
“It was a pleasure to collaborate with our friends at Netflix, the Duffer Brothers, Betsy Paterson, and Michael Maher. Congratulations to all my fellow award winners and thank you.”<\/p>\n
W\u0113t\u0101 FX was responsible for the majority of the visual effects used in the fifth and final season of the hit series, completing more than 1185 shots across eight episodes. <\/p>\n
Its work included digitally de-aging character Will Byers, creating a “new heavily-destructed” look for villain Vecna and building the show’s Abyss environment. <\/p>\n
The team was also behind the Mind Flayer creature featured in the series’ dramatic final battle. <\/p>\n
W\u0113t\u0101 FX head of visual effects Matt Aitken said the company was proud to see the team’s work recognised. <\/p>\n
“We are all so proud of our Stranger Things crew, so congratulations to everyone on this wonderful achievement,” Aitken said.<\/p>\n
“It always means the world when our people and their creativity are recognised by our peers in the industry.” <\/p>\n
The company has previously won Emmy Awards for special effects work on Game of Thrones, The Last of Us and Ripley. <\/p>\n